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RetroDECK v0.8.0b - Bonsai Banana
WIP reminders list, needs to be written
Release Date: TBA
Notice: Removed Yuzu & Citra
- Yuzu
- Citra (Standalone)
New defaults are Ryujinx and Citra-Core in RetroArch
Heads-up: RPSC3 changes
- RPCS3 Game shortcuts .desktop files are now standard.
- Fixed RPCS3 saves folder.
Highlights
Updates
- Updated ES-DE to 3.0.1
- Updated all Emulators
- Tweaked every emulators configurations, most emulators should be properly configured for 4 player support.
New Emulators
- Ryujinx
- MAME (Standalone)
- Vita3k
Even more systems enabled
With the inclusions of both MAME - Standalone and ES-DE 3.0, the following systems are also available and they target either the MAME - Standaalone or the MAME-Core in RetroArch ((depending on recommenced defaults).)
- Acorn Archimedes
- Acorn Computers BBC Micro
- Apple II
- Apple IIGS
- Bit Corporation Gamate
- Coleco Adam
- Daphne Arcade LaserDisc Emulator
- Emerson Arcadia 2001
- Fujitsu FM Town
- Funtech Super A'Can
- Hartung Game Master
- LaserDisc Games
- Texas Instruments TI-99
- VTech CreatiVision
- VTech V.Smile
New Engines
- GZDoom
- Solarus
- OpenBOR
- IkemenGO (M.U.G.E.N)
New Steam Input profiles
- RetroDECK Controller Profiles for external controllers.
- Generic, Switch Pro, Steam Controller, Xbox 360 Controller, Xbox Wireless, DualShock 3, DualShock 4, DualSense,
- Simple Radial menu for all external controllers
- A new Steam Deck Simple profile (that uses the simple controller radial menu).
- ScummVM radial menu for the Steam Deck Full profile.
- Dolphin: Wii sync 1-4, New Icons
- Mame: Tilt 1-4
- Removed secrets menu
HEY YOU?! RetroDECK Team Where is the add to Steam Function? 👿
With the focus of both removing Yuzu and Citra + implementing ES-DE 3.0 changes. It is working, but we still have some small bugs to fix before we can release it. In this case it is better to move it to another patch, hopefully a minor patch like 0.8.X.
Steam Input
Version number changes, formating changes, simple vs full.
NEW: Steam Deck Controller Profile SIMPLE
This is a new lighter profile with a lighter radial menu on the left touchpad.
- Added an additional new profile for the Steam Deck based on the External Controllers: SIMPLE
LINK HERE TO WIKI
UPDATE: Steam Deck Controller Profile FULL
This is the old profile with the deep radial menu system on the left touchpad.
- Renamed profile <>
- Wii/GC Menu: Added Wii Mote Sync 1 to 4 buttons.
- Wii/GC Menu: Added new icons to Wii Mote Standing / Laying buttons.
- MAME Menu: Added Tilt 1 to 4
SHOW SCUMMVM MENU
LINK HERE TO WIKI
NEW: RetroDECK External Controller Profiles
All controller profiles uses the same one layer radial menu with good to have hotkeys in addition to the normal button hotkeys. To access the radial menu press and hold SELECT + Move the Left Joystick and Press L3 to press the radial button.
Might work on more devices
We have also gotten user reports that these profiles work on devices that simulates certain controllers via Steam Input like the Lenovo Legion Go. The devices will pickup one the profile it is mimicing if it is a DualSense or Xbox Wireless and allow hotkeys to be used on that device.
The RetroDECK Team does not own these devices and we can not test them ourself, but if you discover something you can report to the RetroDECK Team on Discord or Matrix.
What does the External Controller profiles allow me to do?
The Radial menu quick access for various good to have PC commands like ESC, F1, Enter but also Screen Switching on Dual Screen Emulators or Change Discs. The intent is to use the button combos as the main input for the important hotkeys like saving and loading.
One other important feature is press and hold SELECT and move Right Stick and it will work as Mouse with R3 as Left Click and L3 as Right Click. This can be extremely usefull:
- Navigating emulator GUIs.
- Close a pop-up window.
- Use the Wii Pointer
- Playing point and click or just PC games.
Known Issues: External Controllers - Steam Deck
- Sometimes the emulators / engines gets confused on what controller is player 1 and takes the docked Steam Deck as player 1 and not the external contrller. You can solve this by going into the Reorder Controllers interface in Steam and try switching between Player 1 or Player 2.
Known Issues: External Controllers - Linux Desktop
Linux Desktop via Steam Input is complex. There are a lot of variables and the RetroDECK Team don't have the ability to test for all of them:
- What kind of packages are installed.
- What kind of drivers you have installed.
- What distro you are using.
- What desktop you are using.
- If you are running X11 or Wayland.
- If you have a Steam Deck based Distro with Valves "Game Mode".
We are trying to keep track of all the issues here and have reported several to Valve:
https://github.com/XargonWan/RetroDECK/issues/716
Bug: Destop Profiles take preset over Game Profile
Since the one of the recent Steam Client updates, there is a bug that causes Steam to take the Desktop Profile instead of the Game Profile. Sometimes it even takes both inputs and sends double inputs for every action.
Possible solutions by our users and team members:
- Try and use the RetroDECK Profile as the Desktop Profile and turning off the Game Profile.
- Going into big picture and launching RetroDECK from there.
- Starting big picture, exiting big picture and then launching RetroDECK from the Desktop Client.
Bug: Missing Radials in certain systems
The radial menus on certain Linux Systems are hidden behind the game window or the Steam overlay (they still work and you can navigate them).
We thought about doing a temporary none radial profiles for each controller to get around this bug.
But later changed our minds as we would have even more input configs to maintain, with a risk they become permanent.
The RetroDECK external controller radial menu
It features a variety of PC commands and other commands that are good to have. While the most important commands are bound to the normal button combos.
https://retrodeck.readthedocs.io/en/latest/wiki_controllers/radial-menus/controller-standard-radial/
DESCIBE THE INTENT OF BUTTONS
Generic - Standard
The Generic - Standard encompasses the vast majority of none official third party controllers that have all the buttons of a modern controller like 8BitDo Pro2 or the Xiaomi Controller.
Profile Name: Hotkeys:
Switcb Pro
https://retrodeck.readthedocs.io/en/latest/wiki_controllers/nintendo/switch-pro/
Profile Name: Hotkeys:
https://retrodeck.readthedocs.io/en/latest/wiki_controllers/nintendo/nintendo-hotkeys/
Steam Controller - Gordon
https://retrodeck.readthedocs.io/en/latest/wiki_controllers/steam/steam-controller-gordon/
Profile Name: Hotkeys:
Extra features in the profile:
- Features two hotkey buttons SELECT and L4
- Features a Mouse Mode / Joystick Mode Switcher on R4 that switches the right touchpad between permanent mouse or right joystick.
DualShock 3
https://retrodeck.readthedocs.io/en/latest/wiki_controllers/playstation/dualshock-3/ https://retrodeck.readthedocs.io/en/latest/wiki_controllers/playstation/playstation-hotkeys/
Profile Name: Hotkeys:
Extra features in the profile:
DualShock 4
https://retrodeck.readthedocs.io/en/latest/wiki_controllers/playstation/dualshock-4/ https://retrodeck.readthedocs.io/en/latest/wiki_controllers/playstation/playstation-hotkeys/
Profile Name: Hotkeys:
Extra features in the profile:
- Features mouse on the touchpad with left click on the right side and right click on the left side.
DualSense
https://retrodeck.readthedocs.io/en/latest/wiki_controllers/playstation/dualsense/
https://retrodeck.readthedocs.io/en/latest/wiki_controllers/playstation/playstation-hotkeys/
Profile Name: Hotkeys:
Extra features in the profile:
- Features mouse on the touchpad with left click on the right side and right click on the left side.
Xbox 360 Controller
https://retrodeck.readthedocs.io/en/latest/wiki_controllers/xbox/xbox-360/ https://retrodeck.readthedocs.io/en/latest/wiki_controllers/xbox/xbox-hotkeys/
Profile Name: Hotkeys:
Xbox Wireless
https://retrodeck.readthedocs.io/en/latest/wiki_controllers/xbox/xbox-wireless/ https://retrodeck.readthedocs.io/en/latest/wiki_controllers/xbox/xbox-hotkeys/
Profile Name: Hotkeys:
NEW Engine: GZDoom
- New .doom RetroDECK Parser
- Easier modding
- GZ doom steam input bugs´
- Based on TimeSplitters: Future Perfect controls for the PS2, breaking the cycle of bad controls on GZDOOM.
- DOOM-DOOM-DOOM that is 3 times the DOOM.
- Danker Doomier Memes
https://retrodeck.readthedocs.io/en/latest/wiki_engine_guides/gzdoom/gzdoom-guide/ https://retrodeck.readthedocs.io/en/latest/wiki_engine_guides/gzdoom/gzdoom-controls/ https://retrodeck.readthedocs.io/en/latest/wiki_engine_guides/gzdoom/retrodeck-doomfile/ https://retrodeck.readthedocs.io/en/latest/wiki_engine_guides/gzdoom/extract-doom-wads/
External Controller Issues - GZDOOM
GZDOOM have some kind of conflict with Steam Input in when more then one controller that causes input looping in menus. Make sure that the controller you are using is set as Player 1 else use Reorder Controllers interface in Steam to make it Player 1.
We are still investigation the cause of it, if you know of a solution please contact the RetroDECK Team.
Emulators Updates
Dolphin
- Optimized the graphics configurations
- Improved GC binds.
- Improved & Changed Wii Binds.
- Improved GBA binds.
- Added better binds for Player 1 to 4 GC & Wii
- Enabled Gyro support.
- Graphical Tweaks: Based on user feedback
- Added better binds for Player 2 to 4
Primehack
- Graphical Tweaks: Based on user feedback
- Added better binds for Player 1
- Enabled Gyro support.
- Added more custom icons for Primehack.
CEMU
- Optimized the graphics configurations
- Added Gyro support if you have it installed for player 1.
- Added better binds for Player 2 to 4
- Graphical Tweaks: Based on user feedback
RPCS3
- Graphical Tweaks: Based on user feedback
- Added better binds for Player 2 to 4
Duckstation:
- Reworked and Added: Better binds for Player 1 to 4
- Fixed memory card folder not being linked to saves/psx
PCSX2
- Graphical Tweaks: Based on user feedback
- Added better binds for Player 2 to 4
PPSSPP
- Graphical Tweaks: Based on user feedback
- Enabled: Extra Binds - Right Joystick
- Change: Is now running games via shortcut by default (allows easier running for more games).
MelonDS
- Graphical Tweaks: Based on user feedback
RetroArch
- SCUMMVM-Core: Fixed a bug where the core did not find the Extras folder.
- RetroArch: Fixed a bug where in certain scenarios RetroArch would forget the roms folder.
ADD MORE EMULATORS HERE
NEW Engine: IkemanGO (M.U.G.E.N)
Fighting game engine that is compatible with M.U.G.E.N.
https://retrodeck.readthedocs.io/en/latest/wiki_engine_guides/ikemengo/ikemengo-guide/ https://retrodeck.readthedocs.io/en/latest/wiki_engine_guides/ikemengo/ikemengo-guide/
New Engine: Solarus
Action RPG game engine Solarus.
https://retrodeck.readthedocs.io/en/latest/wiki_engine_guides/solarus/solarus-guide/
New Engine: OpenBOR
Beat'em up game engine OpenBOR.
https://retrodeck.readthedocs.io/en/latest/wiki_engine_guides/openbor/openbor-guide/
Framework
- Removed talk names in the manifest as they're not needed anymore as enabled by default.
- The retrodeck/logs folder is no longer hidden by default.
- Created a quit_retrodeck function to ease the quit in the scripts.
- Fixed: Various issues when building RetroDECK locally for development.
Configurator
- Fixed: Quit button after emulators reset should act as an actual full quit button.
Ponzu
Ponzu is in part the former Yuzu (Custom) AppImage loader and tool that we had planned for 0.8.0b. If the user has personal backups of the last versions of the now dead emulators in AppImage format they can temporarily be used with RetroDECK as-is.
https://retrodeck.readthedocs.io/en/latest/wiki_configurator/ponzu/
Should this be seen as official support for the removed emulators?
No, the only official and supported defaults are Ryujinx and Citra-core in RetroArch.
RetroDECK will not provide any new: configs, bugfixes, improvements or support towards the AppImages. There is also a risk that future updates can break the compatibility with the AppImages (because they are no longer maintained and dead), this is a as-is solution.
We strongly recommenced everyone to just use Ponzu as a way to safely migrate to Ryujinx or the Citra-core (save and move).
Will you be looking in into other forks of Citra & Yuzu later and add into RetroDECK?
First, this type of event makes it ripe for scammers.
We would urge all users to be extra careful and not blindly downloading everything you see on the internet including fan fixes for the dead emulators.
If good, safe and ethical forks arises that have been vetted by the FOSS community...we will look into it.